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This database was last updated in October 2019 and should only be used as a historical snapshot. Newer data is available at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Open Payments site.

DAVID B RICHARDS
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DAVID B RICHARDS

Listed Specialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
165 NATCHEZ TRACE, SUITE 100, BOWLING GREEN, KY, 42103-7947
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DAVID RICHARDS,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

19

payments

$4,599

payment total

6

companies paid this doctor

Payment Calendar in 2018

This doctor received a payment on days in 2018.

Each box below represents a single day during the disclosure period. A gray box indicates no payments. The darker the color, the more payments a doctor received that day.

2018

Types of Payments in 2018

Category Payments Payment Value
Education
 1 $2,540
Travel and Lodging
 6 $1,098
Food and Beverage
 11 $887
Promotional Speaking/Other
 1 $75

Drugs & Devices in 2018

Totals listed below account for all payments from that mention this product. Beginning in 2016, the government began classifying products as drugs, devices, biologics or medical supplies. Below, you will see drugs (drugs and biologics) and devices (devices and medical supplies). If a payment record mentions more than one product, the entire value will be included in each of those products. When no products are listed, they are not included in the list below.

Product Name Product Type Payments†
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $4,476
GLOBAL

device

 $70
BME NITINOL CONTINUOUS COMPRESSION IMPLANTS

device

 $29
EXPAREL

drug

 $17
PHYSIO-STIM

drug

 $8
† May not add up to dollar total at top of page, since a payment record may not be associated with any product or can be associated with several products.

Payment Details in 2018

When How Much Related To What For From Third Party Payee
Jun 8, 2018 $2,540 No Listed Product Education ARTHREX, INC.
Feb 27, 2018 $604 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
Feb 27, 2018 $476 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ARTHREX, INC.
Jun 7, 2018 $200 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ALPHA ORTHOPEDIC SYSTEMS
Dec 4, 2018 $148 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
Jun 7, 2018 $116 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ALPHA ORTHOPEDIC SYSTEMS
Dec 4, 2018 $112 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
Jun 6, 2018 $93 No Listed Product Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Jan 21, 2018 $75 No Listed Product Promotional Speaking/Other ARTHREX, INC.
Mar 1, 2018 $59 No Listed Product Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Feb 22, 2018 $29 BME NITINOL CONTINUOUS COMPRESSION IMPLANTS Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Jun 8, 2018 $28 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ARTHREX, INC.
Aug 24, 2018 $27 GLOBAL Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Aug 24, 2018 $26 GLOBAL Food and Beverage MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Feb 7, 2018 $17 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging ARTHREX, INC.
Mar 15, 2018 $17 EXPAREL Food and Beverage PACIRA PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
Aug 24, 2018 $17 GLOBAL Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jan 10, 2018 $9 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ALPHA ORTHOPEDIC SYSTEMS
May 24, 2018 $8 PHYSIO-STIM Food and Beverage ORTHOFIX MEDICAL, INC.
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Note: We have made some effort to normalize the data and eliminate duplicates, but the data is primarily as it has been reported by the companies to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. To purchase the normalized data, please visit the ProPublica Data Store. If you spot an error, please let us know at [email protected].

This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.